All Electricals articles – Page 156
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Piracy threatens Christmas product supply
Shoppers could face shortages of products such as clothing and fuel unless action is taken to stop pirates hijacking ships off the coast of Somalia.
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Retail crime headed for a ‘rapid rise’
Retailers are bracing themselves for a rise in retail crime as the British Retail Consortium (BRC) warned that the credit crunch will “wipe out” falling statistics recorded over the last year.
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Currys opens doors at debut megastore
DSGi unveiled its highly anticipated Currys megastore format at Wednesbury, near Birmingham, last week.
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AnalysisBest Buy Europe: Charles Dunstone’s best move?
It will launch into the toughest retail market for a decade, but Charles Dunstone believes that Best Buy will be a hit in the UK. Tim Danaher joined him in Chicago to find out why.
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Retail sales growth slows further
Retail sales volume growth has continued to slow in the three months to September, rising only 0.1 per cent.
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DSGi to slash capex as like-for-likes fall
DSGi is to slash capital expenditure after revealing first-half like-for-likes tumbled 7 per cent.
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Scotland: Worst retail sales growth since March 2006
Retail sales growth in Scotland was at its slowest rate in two and a half years in September, as consumer confidence and rising living costs squeezed spending.
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GalleryCurrys Megastore
The refurbishment of the UK’s largest electricals store is complete. Currys Megastore is the outcome.
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Online retail spend growth slows as financial uncertainty hits consumers
Online retail growth dramatically slowed last month as consumers reined in their spending.
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Retail round-up: October 19, 2008
What the Sunday papers said about the retail sector, including reports on Baugur, Asda, Carphone Warehouse, Debenhams, Ghost, DSGi, Home Retail, Sainsbury's, Game, JJB Sports, Woolworths and Tesco.
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London retail sales worst since 2005
Retail sales in London outperformed the rest of the country in September but were still the worst since summer 2005.
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Bargain-hunters storm Currys’ megastore opening
Chaos broke out yesterday over slashed Sales prices at the opening of Currys’ J9 megastore near Birmingham.
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Amazon offers free delivery on orders over £5
Amazon UK has reduced the threshold for free delivery from 15 to 5, in an attempt to drive sales in the run-up to Christmas.
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Carphone Warehouse to launch new format at Westfield London
Carphone Warehouse this week revealed plans for a new-format store dubbed internally “Wireless World”, offering new product ranges such as games and digital TV content.
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Carphone Warehouse invests in system to control European purchase ordering
Carphone Warehouse is rolling out a system to deal with non-stock purchase order management across Europe.
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Best Buy Europe to double revenues in five years
Best Buy Europe, the joint venture between US electricals giant Best Buy and Carphone Warehouse, aims to double retail revenues and operating profit by March 2013, despite the uncertain economic outlook.
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Analysis
Micky Jagtiani: Truant to Tycoon
At a time when most retailers are recoiling from expansion, Dubai-based retail tycoon Micky Jagtiani has amassed a war chest for investment in the West.
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UK retail like-for-likes down 1.5 per cent in September
UK like-for-like retail sales slid 1.5 per cent in September as turmoil in the financial markets hit consumer confidence hard.
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Majority of shoppers to spend less this Christmas
Two thirds of shoppers will spend less this Christmas compared with last year, according to a poll by Gfk Research Panels.
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Industry holds its own against backdrop of financial calamity
In the week that the FTSE 100 suffered its biggest ever one-day points fall and governments rushed to shore up a crumbling banking system, retailers weathered the storm to outperform the market.